PEARSON CORRELATION

4TH QUARTER
STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
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DEFINITION:
• The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient or
simply Pearson’s measures the degree of relationship
between two variables, X and Y by means of a single
number called correlation coefficient. When two variables
are mathematically associated, they are said to correlate.
•A type of correlation coefficient that represents the
relationship between two variables that are measured on
the same interval.
Value of correlation coefficient:

• Denoted by symbol
• If is negative (NEGATIVE CORRELATION), this means that as or that there is
an inverse relationship between
• If is positive (POSITIVE CORRELATION) this means that as
• Value implies a lack of linearity and not associated. (NO CORRELATION)
FORMULA:

Where:
Pearson’s
x variable
y variable
sample population
 LEGEND:
RANGE INTERPRETATION
No Correlation
Negligible Correlation
Moderate Correlation
High Correlation
Very High Correlation
Perfect Correlation

DECISION RULE:

FORMULA FOR T-VALUE:

T-value = Data Analysis for Pearson

r = Pearson’s r
n = Sample population
EXAMPLE:
Is there any significant relationship between the student English Performance with their
Mathematics performances? At Alpha 0.05 (Data as follows)
NO. ENGLISH (x) MATH (y) xy
1 19 11
2 17 15
3 15 9
4 14 13
5 13 11
6 11 9
7 11 8
8 9 7
9 7 6
10 4 1
TOTAL:
Complete the table:
NO. ENGLISH (x) MATH (y) xy
1 19 11 209 361 121
2 17 15 255 289 225
3 15 9 135 225 81
4 14 13 182 196 169
5 13 11 143 169 121
6 11 9 99 121 81
7 11 8 88 121 64
8 9 7 63 81 49
9 7 6 42 49 36
10 4 1 4 16 1
TOTAL: 120 90 1220 1628 948

NEEDED INFORMATION:
 𝒓 =𝟎 .𝟖𝟔𝟗𝟐 𝒐𝒓 𝟎 . 𝟖𝟕
DEGREES OF FREEDOM:

T-VALUE
 PEARSON T-critical value at
CORRELATION t-value Alpha 0.05 Interpretation Decision

Very High 4.991 2.306 With Significant REJECT Ho

0.87 Correlation Relationship
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Is there any significant relationship between the grades of selected STEM students in Pre- Calculus
and Basic Calculus? At Alpha 0.05 (Data as follows)
NO. PRE-CALCULUS BASIC CALCULUS xy
(x) (y)
1 80 90
2 75 81
3 78 84
4 88 90
5 83 80
6 84 79
7 91 91
8 82 83
9 86 80
10 90 93
11 81 84
12 83 87
TOTAL:
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